Obesity: FDA Approvals, Recalls, 510(k) Clearances and Side Effect Reports

What the US Food and Drug Administration has cleared, approved and recalled on this topic, and the side effects people report.

Each number has its full source under its own list below.

Side effects people report

8,372 side effect reports (reports received since 1 Jan 2023). The reactions named most often in reports about medicines used for this topic.

At the source
  1. 1Nausea1,281 reports
  2. 2Vomiting949 reports
  3. 3Diarrhoea717 reports
  4. 4Constipation577 reports
  5. 5Impaired gastric emptying535 reports
  6. 6Abdominal pain upper416 reports
  7. 7Decreased appetite354 reports
  8. 8Abdominal pain332 reports
  9. 9Dehydration326 reports
  10. 10Fatigue306 reports

Anyone can send a report. A report does not prove that the medicine caused the reaction, and the counts do not show how often it happens.

Source: openFDA, FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), reports by reaction, reports received since 1 Jan 2023. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

Benchmarks on obesity

Countries side by side on public measures for this topic.

All benchmarks

Acuitas market sizes and forecasts are only in our full reports. How we use public data.